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Shows names of some residents, boundary lines, and place names. Copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth back. Includes text. "A. McLean Steam, Lith." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Vol. C, 1895. 131 sheet(s). Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Austin, Berwyn, Clyde, Franklin Park, Grossdale, Harlem Hawthorne, La Grange, Lyons, Maywood, Melrose Park, Morton Park, Oak Park, Ridgeland, River Forest, River Grove, Riverside, Western Springs.
Strip map of the United States between 36 degrees and 47 degrees north latitude. Shows drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, place names, and some trails in the western half of the map. Indicates the proposed lines for the western, central, and eastern divisions of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Covers the United States from the Mississippi River east, and from Maine to northern Florida. Includes drainage, relief by hachures, place names, state boundaries, canals, and the railroad network.
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central states showing major drainage, relief by hachures in Ohio, place names, canals, and the railroad network. Chartered in 1848. Consolidated to form the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad. See entry 534.
Small sketch map showing drainage and the major cities and towns in the midwest. Includes railroad stations along a heavy distorted line representing the main railroad line in Missouri. This is an early example of the typical timetable map developed in the 1870's which was designed to place emphasis on specific routes.
Shows passenger rail lines and principal place-names in red overprint. Also shows minor civil divisions (cities and townships). LC copy imperfect: Original sheet halved. Includes small ill. of sailing ship. "14604." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in April 1871, forming part of the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad.
Township map of northern Missouri and parts of Kansas and Illinois showing rivers, place names, railroads, and the land grant to the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. Profile of the railroad is shown across bottom of map. Chartered in 1847 and completed in 1859.
Map of eastern Massachusetts covering the area from Boston to Wood's Hole and west to Providence, R.I. Shows drainage, place names and counties, and indicates mileage between stations. The Old Colony Railroad is double-tracked from Boston, south to South Braintree. The line was incorporated in 1844.
Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" in brown. Probably made to accompany his Report of the Engineer in Chief, May 13, 1839. Created by Act of December 21, 1836. See also items 613 and 614.
Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. Chartered as the Auburn and Eel River Valley Rail Road on March 8, 1853. Name changed August 3, 1853.
Delineates the route of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad, (named on map as A. & T. Riv. R-Ra.). Also shows roads, rivers, section lines, houses, and outbuildings. Relief shown by hachures. Signed in pencil in two places by the Confederate engineer "Geo. Wadsworth Chf Engr." Pen and ink and watercolor. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 103.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 7-85 Vault
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Second bar scale glued on. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes "Authorities." Scale 1:3,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in color to show boundaries, in red and blue ink and pencil to show place names, base lines, railroads and railroad exploration routes. Vault AACR2